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Modeling the Impact of Unresolved Stellar Companions on Detection Sensitivity in Kepler’s Small-planet Occurrence Rates

  • Authors: Galen J. Bergsten, David R. Ciardi, Jessie L. Christiansen, Catherine A. Clark, Ilaria Pascucci, Courtney D. Dressing, Kevin K. Hardegree-Ullman, Michael B. Lund

Galen J. Bergsten et al 2026 The Astronomical Journal 171 .

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Caption: Figure 7.

The median occurrence–period distributions from our models with (Scenario 4; dotted–dashed lines) and without (Scenario 1; solid lines) a treatment for unresolved stellar companions, using either (left) the observed companion rate and properties, or (right) the field companion rate and blend of observed/simulated undetected properties. Colors denote the marginalized distributions for either super-Earths (blue; 1–2 R), sub-Neptunes (orange; 2–3.5 R), or their combination for all small planets (black; 1–3.5 R).

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